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There's no school like old school: '06 EL vs. Geniune PAM48 dial


w0lf

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Good news everyone,

I promised a comparison of the 2006 Eddie Lee dial and a genuine dial a little while back. While this is nothing new maybe someone is still interested in this kind of stuff. Both watches are MBW PAM48K bases & crystals. Genuine dial is on black gator and EL dial is on antique brown gator. EL dial was relumed by one and only The Zigmeister.

First, the infamous "dial pop":

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Genuine 12 o'clock:

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EL 12 o'clock:

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Genuine 6 o'clock:

oem_6oclock.jpg

EL 6 o'clock:

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It's not easy to capture the colors precisely as I'm only using my desk lamp and it's getting late, but I think you can agree that the EL dial is not bad for a 2006 reproduction. In fact it's pretty close where it counts and on the wrist it looks serious business. If you can source an old EL dial cheaply it's a very nice stand-in while you're looking for an OEM dial. Whether you end up doing a genuine dial franken or sourcing an old EL dial replacement, which is not easy but still doable; there were at least three sales of this model in the last 2 months between the boards, OP 40mm models are beautiful and project worthy watches.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed this little writeup.

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